Re: Was Robert Monroe a pantheist or a panentheist?
"This, our Creator (Creative Force):
• is beyond our comprehension as long as we remain human
• is the designer of the ongoing process of which we are a part
• has a purpose for such action beyond our ability to understand
• makes adjustments, fine tuning, in this process as needed establishes simple laws that apply to everyone and everything
• does not demand worship, adoration, or recognition
• does not punish for "evil" and "misdeeds"
• does not intercede or interdict in our life activity"
I think that basically sums up what I believe as well, these are the definitions I found on wikipedia...
Pantheism is the view that the Universe (Nature) and God are identical.[1] Pantheists thus do not believe in a personal, anthropomorphic or creator god. The word derives from the Greek: πᾶν (pan) meaning ‘all’ and θεός (theos) meaning ‘God’. As such, Pantheism denotes the idea that “God†is best seen as a way of relating to the Universe.[2] Although there are divergences within Pantheism, the central ideas found in almost all versions are the Cosmos as an all-encompassing unity and the sacredness of Nature.
Panentheism (from Greek πᾶν (pân) "all"; á¼Î½ (en) "in"; and θεός (theós) "God"; "all-in-God") is a belief system which posits that God exists and interpenetrates every part of nature, and timelessly extends beyond as well. Panentheism is distinguished from pantheism, which holds that God is synonymous with the universe.[1]
Briefly put, in pantheism, "God is the whole"; in panentheism, "The whole is in God." This means that the universe in the first formulation is practically the Whole itself, but in the second the universe and God are not ontologically equivalent. In panentheism, God is not necessarily viewed as the creator or demiurge, but the eternal animating force behind the universe, some versions positing the universe as nothing more than the manifest part of God. In some forms of panentheism, the cosmos exists within God, who in turn "pervades" or is "in" the cosmos. While pantheism asserts that God and the universe are coextensive, panentheism claims that God is greater than the universe and some forms hold that the universe is contained within God.[2] Much Hindu thought is highly characterized by panentheism and pantheism.[3]
I have not studied Robert Monroe very much so I can't really say what I believe he would be, but I hope these definitions help .
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